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Monday, 7 January 2013

Two minutes with… Bradford City

Bradford were the visitors to
Underhill on Saturday afternoon. Bantams’ fan Kate reveals all in this
instalment of ‘Two minutes with...’

Pre-match

Had you been to Underhill before?

No, I hadn’t.

How did you get to the game?

I travelled from Leeds so a
mixture of train, tube and bus! I use a wheelchair so I had an interesting time
negotiating accessible routes.

The match

Whereabouts in the ground did you sit/stand?

I was behind the goal in the away
seated area.

What did you make of the game?

It’s one we wanted to win so to
be honest I was disappointed! It wasn’t a classic match but I was surprised by how
much football Barnet played and I think we struggled with that in the second
half.

Who (from either side) do you think deserved to be man
of the match?

Barnet’s winger, Yiadom – he
caused us problems all afternoon.

Post-match

Was the score line a fair reflection on the game?

Probably. Barnet didn’t have many
chances but they took them, and we didn’t take ours.

Who do you play next, and how do you think you’ll get
on?

We have Aston Villa on Tuesday in
the first leg of the League Cup semi-final. My head says Villa will win, but my
heart reckons we can just nick it and take a narrow lead into the second leg! I
can dream, right?

Ratings

Cost of match day ticket

£13, cheaper than a lot of other
grounds, and probably fair given that Barnet are usually in the lower half of
the league. ––– 8/10

Purchases made at ground

I only bought a Coke and the
standard was fine, but the kiosk is up some steps which meant I had to get
someone to buy it for me. ––– 5/10

View

Being behind the goal means you
don’t always get a clear view of the opposite goal to where you are sitting,
but there weren’t any obstructions besides my own eyesight! ––– 7/10

Quality of football

Better than I was expecting from
Barnet having seen them at Valley Parade in the reverse fixture, but you lose a
point for the score! ––– 6/10

Overall experience

The travel was much easier than I
thought. The stewards were helpful, particularly when buying my ticket. As I
mentioned before, there were access issues to the kiosk. (I think there was
another kiosk down the far end of the stand but it wasn’t clear if this was
open.) I would have obviously preferred a different result, but there wasn’t
anything Barnet could do about that! ––– 7/10